Faculty & Staff

Mark R. Bowling, MD, FCCP

Division Chief, Associate Professor
Paul R. Walker and Kathryn H. Hettinger Distinguished Professor of Clinical Oncology
252-744-1600 (appointments)
252-744-1115 (fax)

Specialties: Thoracic Oncology
Board Certifications: Internal Medicine, Critical Care Medicine, Pulmonary Disease
Fellowship: Wake Forest University Baptist Medical (2008), Wake Forest University Baptist Medical (2007)
Residency: Pitt County Memorial Hospital (2003), Pitt County Memorial Hospital (2005)
Medical School: Brody School of Medicine (2001)

Shehabaldin Alqalyoobi, MD

Clinic Director, Assistant Professor
252-744-1600 (appointments)
252-744-1115 (fax)

Clinical Interests: Outcome research, Interstitial Lung Disease, Medical Education, Biomarkers.
Board Certifications: Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Medicine, Critical Care Medicine,  Critical Care Echocardiography Board Certified (Diplomate).
Fellowships: Pulmonary and Critical care medicine, University of California Davis, Sacramento, CA
Residency: Internal Medicine, University of Missouri Kansas City, Kansas City, MO
Medical School: Arabian Gulf University, College of Medicine and Medical Sciences, Manama, Bahrain.

Owais I Bhatti, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor
252-744-2545 (appointments)
252-744-1817 (fax)

Clinical Interests: AKI, Critical Care Nephrology, CRRT
Board Certifications: Internal Medicine, Nephrology
Fellowships: Washington University, ST Louis, University of New Mexico
Residency: Oklahoma University Health Sciences Center
Medical School: Aga Khan University

Bryan K. Dunn, MD

Assistant Professor
252-744-1600 (appointments)
252-744-1115 (fax)

Specialties: Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Clinical Interests: Asthma, Research and Fellowship Education
Board Certifications: Emergency Medicine, Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Medicine, Critical Care Medicine, Neuro Critical Care
Fellowship: Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, ECU Brody School of Medicine
Residency: Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center (Emergency Medicine), Vidant Medical Center / East Carolina University (Internal Medicine)
Medical School: Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University

Ryan Fouche, DO

Clinical Assistant Professor
252-744-1600 (appointments)
252-744-1115 (fax)

Board Certifications: Emergency Medicine, Internal Medicine, Critical Care Medicine,
Fellowship: East Carolina University, Brody School of Medicine
Residency: East Carolina University, Brody School of Medicine
Medical School: Nova Southeastern University, Florida

Bryan Gerber, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor
Assistant Medical Director, Cardiac ICU
252-744-1600 (appointments)
252-744-1115 (fax)

Clinical Interests: Mechanical Circulatory Support, Resuscitative Medicine, Critical Care Echocardiography
Board Certifications: Emergency Medicine, Internal Medicine, Critical Care Medicine
Fellowship: Critical Care Medicine, ECU Brody School of Medicine (2021)
Residency: Emergency Medicine & Internal Medicine at East Carolina University Medical School (2020)
Medical School: Ross University School of Medicine  (2014)

Amy Gilleland, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor
252-744-1600 (appointments)
252-744-1115 (fax)

Specialties: Emergency Medicine, Critical Care Medicine
Board Certifications: Internal Medicine, Emergency Medicine, Critical Care Medicine
Fellowship: East Carolina University
Residency: East Carolina University
Medical School: Medical College of Georgia

Mia Gonzales, MD, PhD

Clinical Assistant Professor
252-744-1600 (appointments)
252-744-1115 (fax)

Specialties: Emergency Medicine
Board Certifications: Internal Medicine Critical Care Medicine
Fellowship: ECU Health
Residency: ECU Health
Medical School: University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

Kushagra Gupta, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor
252-744-1600 (appointments)
252-744-1115 (fax)

Clinical Interests: COPD, Pulmonary Hypertension, Asthma-COPD Overlap Syndrome
Board Certifications: Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Medicine, Critical Care Medicine
Fellowship: Pulmonary Critical Care Medicine, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, Roanoke,VA
Residency: Internal Medicine, Steward Carney Hospital, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
Medical School: Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, India

Veeranna Maddipati, MD

Associate Professor
252-744-1600 (appointments)
252-744-1115 (fax)

Specialties: Internal Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care
Clinical Interests:  Pulmonary circulation and pulmonary vascular diseases including Pulmonary Hypertension and Pulmonary Embolism
Board Certifications: Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Medicine and Critical Care Medicine
Fellowship: Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood (2014)
Residency: Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, Chicago (2011)
Medical School: Guntur Medical College, Andhra Pradesh, India

Ritu Modi, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor
252-744-1600 (appointments)
252-744-1115 (fax)

Specialties: Internal Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care
Clinical Interest: Bronchiectasis
Board Certifications: Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Medicine, Critical Care Medicine
Fellowships: Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, SUNY Upstate Medical Center
Residency: Albany Medical Center, Albany
Medical School: St. George’s University School of Medicine

Ogugua Ndili Obi, MD, MPH, MSc (Epid), FCCP

Associate Professor
Director, ECU Sarcoidosis Center of Excellence at ECU
Focus: Interstitial lung disease and extra-pulmonary sarcoidosis
252-744-1600 (appointments)
252-744-1115 (fax)

Specialties: Internal Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Clinical Interests and Specialties: Sarcoidosis, Interstitial Lung Disease, COPD
Board Certifications: Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Medicine, Critical Care Medicine
Fellowships:  Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, East Carolina University, Brody School of Medicine
Residency: Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, 2006
Medical School: College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Nigeria,1998
Other Post-graduate Training: Masters in Public Health (Harvard University School of Public Health, 2002), Masters of Science in Epidemiology (Harvard University School of Public Health, 2004)

John O’Donnell, DO

Clinical Assistant Professor
252-744-1600 (appointments)
252-744-1115 (fax)

Specialties: Internal Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Board Certifications: Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Medicine, Critical Care Medicine
Fellowships:  Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine
Residency: Internal Medicine, Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine, Jefferson Health/Virtua Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital
Medical School: Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine

Thomson Cable Pancoast, MD, FCCP, FACP

Clinical Associate Professor
252-744-1600 (appointments)
252-744-1115 (fax)

Specialties: Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease, Critical Care Medicine
Board Certifications: ABIM Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease, Critical Care Medicine
Fellowship: New York University Medical Center
Residency: New York University Medical Center
Medical School: George Washington University

Zia Rehman, MD

Clinical Professor
Medical Director for the Sleep Center at ECU Brody School of Medicine
252-744-1600 (appointments)
252-744-1115 (fax)

Specialties: Critical Care, Pulmonary and Sleep
Board Certifications: Sleep Medicine, Pulmonary Disease Medicine, Internal Medicine, Neuro Critical Care Critical Care Medicine
Fellowship: Interfaith Medical Center (2005); Montefiore Medical Center (2005)
Residency: Interfaith Medical Center (2002)
Medical School: King Edward Medical College, Punjab University, Pakistan (1984)

Douglas Schiller, DO

Clinical Assistant Professor
252-744-1600 (appointments)
252-744-1115 (fax)

Clinical Interests: Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO), Sepsis
Board Certifications: Emergency Medicine, Critical Care
Fellowships: Critical Care, East Carolina University/Vidant Medical Center, Greenville, NC
Residency: Emergency Medicine (Conemaugh Memorial Hospital, Johnstown, PA)
Medical School: Lincoln Memorial University-DeBusck College of Osteopathic Medicine (Harrogate, TN)

Jennifer Stahl, MD

Associate Professor
252-744-1600 (appointments)
252-744-1115 (fax)

Specialties: Emergency Medicine, Internal Medicine, Critical Care Medicine
Clinical Interests: Education, Simulation, ARDS, ECMO, Ultrasound
Board Certifications: Emergency Medicine, Internal Medicine, Critical Care Medicine, Neurocritical Care Medicine, Critical Care Echocardiography
Fellowship: East Carolina University Critical Care Medicine
Residency: East Carolina University Emergency Medicine/Internal Medicine Combined Program
Medical School: Florida State University College of Medicine

Elise L. Stephenson, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor
252-744-1600 (appointments)
252-744-1115 (fax)

Specialties: Critical Care & Nephrology
Clinical Interests: AKI in the critically ill, CRRT, PD in the ICU
Board Certifications: Internal Medicine, Nephrology & Critical Care Medicine
Fellowship: Eastern Virginia Medical School, Nephrology & Critical Care Medicine
Residency: Eastern Virginia Medical School, Internal Medicine
Medical School: Ross University School of Medicine

Robert Shaw, MD-

Professor Emeritus
shawr@ecu.edu

Mary Jane Thomassen, PhD

Professor Emerita
thomassenm@ecu.edu

Yash P. Kataria, MD

Professor of Medicine
Professor Emeritus

John Fogarty, MD

Physicians East
252-752-6101 (appointments)
252-752-0927 (fax)

Specialties: Critical Care, Pulmonary, and Sleep
Board Certifications: Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease Medicine, Critical Care Medicine, Sleep Medicine
Fellowship: University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry, 1994
Residency: Long Island Jewish Medical Center, 1991
Medical School: St. George’s University School of Medicine, 1987